PK Bhalla, full general manager of Manugraph India with the Ecoline press at Printpack Bharat 2015. Photo: PSA

At Printpack India 2015, Manugraph introduced its newly developed 4-page newspaper press which runs at a speed of 25,000 copies an hr. While featuring firmness in 2 10 i concept with single level operating, the press offers optimum output with the flexibility of single width presses to meet small and medium size volume. The press is suitable for pocket-size to medium newspaper publishers, especially in the tier-ii and tier-iii cities. Nevertheless, large publishers are also showing a tendency to opt for this printing, says PK Bhalla, general managing director of Manugraph Bharat. “We are getting a very good response for this printing at Printpack 2015.

The new Ecoline a unmarried width, unmarried circumference press for newspaper press allows for 4-colour printing on merely one operating level. Its compact footprint of 8.5-feet acme and single level operation allows for installation in pressrooms with minimum floor space and ceiling heights. Shorter web leads between printing provides better print quality, improved color registration and lower waste.

Speaking about the industry, Bhalla says, There are many challenges  press articles have to come up upward with new machines with new features like nosotros accept done in Ecoline. The aim should be to meet the specific requirements of the newspaper publishers. All large and medium newspaper publishers are looking for better machines but for the moment they are holding onto their investments due to a sluggish economic system. All the same, once things first improving there volition be pent up demands. I am quite hopeful that things will be meliorate afterward a quarter or two.

Well-nigh the effect, Bhalla says, The Printpack event is quite satisfactory. Besides this time, the arrangements at the outcome are better than the last time. A lot of people are visiting our stand up and enquiring virtually our machines and we accept been able to generate a database of serious visitors. The next exhibition we are going to participate in after Printpack is hopefully drupa 2022.

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